An Overview of the Impact of the COVID-19 on Health Tourism in Iran and Northern Cyprus
Subject Areas : Geography and tourism planning, geography and urban planning, urban planning, architecture, geography and rural planning, political geography
Esmaeil
Khaksar Shahmirzadi
1
(Faculty of Tourism, Near East University (NEU), Nicosia, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, Turkey)
Tulen
Saner
2
(Faculty of Tourism, Near East University (NEU), Nicosia, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, Turkey)
Nakisa
Khaksar Shahmirzadi
3
(Department of Tourism Management, Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, Turkey)
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Abstract :
This study aims to review several standard parameters to consider the impact of new technologies after the corona and during the corona in the medical tourism industry which is one of the most affected industries. This issue has been severely affected by the epidemic, in which during the first seven months of the corona outbreak, large expense has been spent. The results of our survey showed that modern software and technologies have been able to provide more comfortable conditions for medical tourism in the COVID time. The industry activists are now looking to develop travel plans during the post-crisis and post-corona period
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